LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS 389 Birthday

Chenglei was rolling in his bed the next room wondering what Xing might be doing. He knew she didn't eat a lot during dinner and when she left for her room she looked sad. In fact he noticed her face changing to sadness when he told her to stay in a different room. He couldn't understand what she was thinking.

Is it because she wanted to stay with me?

Does she realise that I'm a man and it is hard for me to stay on the same room as the woman I like? Literally and figuratively hard? Too bad my heart is not that hard to see her weeping afterwards!

There are fruits in my room, so there will be fruits in her room too, right? Did she eat it ? Or did she just drink the wine she secretly sneaked inside her sleeves?

Should I go take a peek?

She'll be fine! It would be bad if I got caught sneaking in her room in the middle of the night.

Chenglei tried to close his eyes and sleep.

Xing on the other hand lost the mood to drink and stared at the ceiling for a while. The entire place was made with wood and even the roof had beautiful carvings on it.

The warmth from the brazier filled the room and the gentle light from the brazier filled the room like a warm suns.h.i.+ne making the carvings come alive.

When she looked closer, the carvings were actually explaining a story.

Apparently a G.o.d had a child with a human which was unaccepted by the Heavenly Emperor. He was forbidden to meet that child but he protected the child from an evil G.o.d who was his enemy. But even so, he was sent to reincarnation and was punished.

What a heartwarming story!

Wait! So G.o.ds cannot protect their own descendants? It is against their rules? Wow! Why didn't I think of that before? The reason the Heavenly Emperor cannot help the Lu family even though they are his blood is because of this rule? So that's why they had to depend on humans for their tasks? They do have weird rules!

Xing tried to sleep but she saw the sky starting to brighten up and she really could not sleep anymore.

It's Chenglei's birthday today!

Xing tried to get some sleep before giving him the hairpin she carved for him but she really could not sleep and she felt awake.

So she decided to sneak into his room and give it to him before she goes to sleep. She fixed her hair and robes and opened the door to get to Chenglei's room.

The outside was cold as a thick layer of fog covered the entire place and the moment Xing opened the door, the cold sharp air entered her lungs making her sneeze continuously.

She closed the door to wipe her nose now red with all the sneezing and the moment she closed the door she could hear the window opening.

Who dares to...

"Chenglei...?", Xing asked looking at Chenglei who was having one foot inside the window trying to get in and he gasped hearing her calling his name .

His face went red as he was caught red-handed. He tried to sleep but in the end he could not stop thinking about her and he decided to sneak in.

Is he trying to sneak in? This guy.... He says he wants to stay in separate room and comes here the middle of the night? And that too through the window? Can't he knock the door or something?

Cla.s.sic Chenglei!

"Hahaha...", Xing laughed seeing his embarra.s.sed expression and helped him get inside holding his hand.

"Ha ha", he said dryly trying to conceal his embarra.s.sment and sat on her bed and shook his head seeing her still laughing.

"What are you trying do out in the cold?", he asked holding her hand that was really cold and rubbed it in his hands to warm it up.

"Um...", Xing was now embarra.s.sed to tell him that she was going for him.

"Happy twenty eighth birthday, Lu Chenglei!", she pulled out the white jade hairpin, placed it in her palm and stretched her hand towards him.

"Wha.... Is today.... Wow! Today IS my birthday.... And you remember it!", Chenglei was excited and in his eyes Xing saw a little boy who was yearning for affection and it broke her heart.

True! He never had this expression before because he knew he had her. Now, he won't be much different from that twelve year old boy who never knew affection.

"I'm glad you were born in this world", she hugged his head getting her hand out of his hands and slightly bent and kissed his head.

"It's.... It's the first time someone remembers my birthday in a long time... A really long time...", his m.u.f.fled voice came as his entire body was relaxed and was supported by her.

He remembered the last time his birthday was celebrated on the right day was when he was in the inner palace. These days he'd just leave everything to Lin Mubai and even then his birthday was celebrated a week later to avoid suspicion that he is the Rui w.a.n.g.

No one remembers?

What a lonely thing to say!

A tear escaped Xing's eyes as she gently rubbed his back.

I remember....My Prince! But I couldn't even get a glimpse of you the past three years.

If I sent gifts to you, what would have happened? You didn't know me!

Guess Kouki forgot your birthday in the past three years... Can't blame him though, he would have been really busy to remember birthdays. He was never good at remembering dates.

"I'll remember each year", she hugged him closer and she could feel him stiffening up and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"It's a promise then", he uttered and there was a little whine in his tone. He really acted like a little boy.

JiaXing, I'll hold on to that promise!

"And if you know I'm 28, stop calling me old!", he added as he buried his head in her belly.

"Ha, never! You're still six years older than me...! ", she knocked his head gently with a smile in her tired face and he took a deep breath.

Time ticked as Xing gently petted his hair and he let her.

"I love you, Chenglei", she said and as usual there was no reply from him as he didn't hear it like the other times he couldn't hear when she uttered those words he wanted to hear.

She took a deep breath holding back her tears.

I know you won't reply.... I'm really exhausted.... But still, I love you! I'll say it again and again until one day you cannot help but repeat those words back to me!

"Give me", he gently pushed her apart and asked her the hairpin in her hands.

"This is an awesome wolf!", he held her hand and observed the hairpin using his other hand.

"It looks like a wolf?", Xing was excited. The last time when she made a wolf embroidery it looked like an orchid to him.

"Of course! Wait... What else it is supposed to resemble? It looks exactly like a grey wolf and the eyes are really sharp and cold like a predator's and even the fur looks soft by the way it is carved!", he added looking at her brightly s.h.i.+ning eyes and he wished her to be this happy always in his heart.

Well, I have talent for jade carving! She was excited.

" Wait... This symbol... Peony resembling a tiger with Eagle wings.... Isn't this your Emblem? ", his grip in her hand tightened out of his curiosity and he took a closer look at the hairpin.

There was no mark of the carver. Even if she ordered it exclusively, there would be a little mark of the carver. If it is not here, then....

" JiaXing, You carved it yourself?", his eyes widened and he forgot to close his mouth.

"Mmhmmm", she nodded and her eyes curved to a crescent as he was genuinely praising her, " It took me two years... I carved it thinking of you..."

" You really did it yourself? And you are giving it to me?", he asked with his voice getting high out of excitement. Of course he couldn't hear the last sentence she uttered.

"Yes.. Of cour...."

Before Xing finished, she felt a tug by her hand and the next she felt was Chenglei's warm lips on her lips and she was on the bed with him on top. His velvety tongue slid into her mouth and intertwined with hers as his hand was placed in the top of her head.

You made something with your hands and gave it to me? JiaXing, have you wavered? Did you fall for me? You are definitely making me think so.... Is your heart beating for me just as much as mine is beating for you?

I love you!

He was laying in top of her as he kissed her and Xing could feel his heart beating in the same pace as hers as they kissed and she held his neck as she returned his kisses.

Do you love me, my Prince?

I love you, JiaXing! I love you!

Chenglie's eyes misted as he was kissing her lips left her lips and seeing her blushed truly enjoying his kisses, he wanted to hold her. She really had that charm in her to seduce him just like that.

"I love you", he wanted to tell her as he kissed her cheek closer to her ears. But his throat closed unable to utter those words.

He really wanted to tell her but for some reason he really could not. He felt like his heart will burst with the deep feelings he had for her if he didn't express it to her somehow.

His kisses trailed down her neck and as he got to her collarbone, he could see the slight remains of the hickey he left previously and he stopped himself from going further as memories of her weeping, hugging her knees on her bed, came to his memory.

No! I cannot hurt her!

Xing felt the ferocity of his kisses reducing and she didn't think much as she herself was extremely tired since she hasn't slept the entire night.

She felt her nose was itchy and rubbed her face in his chest making him sqirm, "What are you doing?", he asked with a little chuckle. He was really happy and she looked like a cute kitten, rubbing her face on him like that.

"My nose... Itchy..", she said amidst her rubbing.

"Wait!", his voice was panicky. He looked at her face, "Are you catching a cold? Let me make you ginger soup...", he tried to get up and Xing held on to him,

"No way!", she shook her head. Gingers are scary!

"Why?", he asked a little peeved. What if she catches a cold again?

Xing knew she cannot tell him that she does not like ginger. Who likes ginger? It is a freaky medicine!

"Let me tell you a secret", she whispered making a come-near gesture, "I'd die if I eat ginger", she hissed in his ears.

"What?", he was skeptical. Is she making fun of me again?

"You see.... I'm the Divine ruler, right? I have a different body composition than normal humans. You saw how that drug that makes everyone addicted to it, acted weirdly on me, right? And I'm not addicted to it. That's your proof. No poisons can affect me. And guess what is a poison for me.... ", she blinked her pretty big eyes at him and he relaxed as he laid close to her hugging her,

" Ginger...? ", he asked with skepticism but he really cannot tell if she is lying.... As usual...
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And so Xing found out there were some advantages from Chenglei forgetting her.

"How do you know my birthday?", he asked as he laid beside her placing her head in his arms and kissing her forehead.

"I told you... I stalked you for years. I know everything about you", Xing closed her eyes as his gentle hands traced her cheeks.

"Hmm", he chuckled, "That joke again..." and kissed her hair. She really smelled good.

Xing opened her eyes and if he saw her eyes he could have seen the dejection in her eyes. She really was tired. Too tired of fighting alone all her life for him. She fought her mother, her status, her father, G.o.ds.... She closed her eyes once more.

"I really wish I was the one who forgot you....", she mumbled and went to deep sleep as she took long deep breaths.

Then you'd be the one trying to make me fall for you...

"Why did you stalk me?", he asked after a while and his words ended up as a stone thrown into a well... Never returned as she had already slept.

"Was it because you love me?", he mumbled after a while, "It would be great if that were the case.. You being my secret admirer and stalking me.... And surprisingly after our chance encounter, I fell for you too.... We could write a book like that....", he mumbled to himself with his tone laced with exasperation.

If only!

" But I love you!" he said, this time aloud but the one who was supposed to hear it was deeply asleep and didn't hear it.

Both of them woke up by the time for lunch and after serving them lunch, the Chief told them that they can open a portal to the Fire Kingdom from their forest to the mountains in their West and from there it would be a ten days travel to the capital city of the Fire Kingdom.

Xing was greatly relieved to hear that and with the carriage they brought, they travelled through the portal and within an hour they were able to reach the Fire Kingdom.

From there, they travelled for a week before reaching the Central Province of the Fire Kingdom and they had a pa.s.s gate before entering the Central Province since That is the province where all the n.o.bles and the rich merchants reside.

The guards had a weird look on their face as they saw their pa.s.s from the Wind Kingdom but they were let to pa.s.s.

As they were just a day away from the Capital City, they had to pa.s.s through a small jungle and with tall trees on both the side of the road, the path seemed dangerous as they could be ambushed easily.

As night fell, Xing patted Chenglei as she could sense a group of people approaching them and Chenglei gripped hard on his sword as the carriage came to a halt.

Xing wanted to get down along with Chenglei but he stopped her and he got down from the carriage first.

And then....